Right, so i came back from holiday yesterday, and the girlfriend came round to say hi and on our way to her house some guy driving an 'L' plate moped desides to suddenly stop at light that just gone amber, i had considerable distance from him so i stamped on the brakes as hard as i could, but all i could hear was the ABS and the car didnt make it in time so i went into his rear. He got off the bike and seemed fine, just had a minor pain in his back, so the ambulance came and took him away just to make sure that he was 100% ok but god, what a way to end a holiday!
Now i've got a shattered front bumper and dented grill. So obviously i did the normal thing and called up the insurance company so that they could fix it... went to their nominated garage only to be stomped by the estimate repair bill....
£2361 inc VAT
I asked him why, he then said "Well the bonnet is £3xx and the bumper is £270, new headlamp £1xx and the rest is paint materials and labour". I'm quite worried now because this is quite close to the value of the car, and i really dont want it to get written off as i've grown to like it quite alot (and its also restraining me from buying a V8 at the moment).
Should i attempt to go to another garage? or does this sound about right?? I could take a pic or 2 just to show you guys the damage tomorrow when its light.
I was also asked by the police at the scene to go produce my documents because i didnt have the paper counter-part present at the time of the accident (but i had the picture license). I cant find the damned thing anywhere, but i didnt think it was a big problem, so i just picked up the MOT and insurance certificate to produce at the police station only for the officer to tell me that my license isn't valid without the counter-part
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I cant find the damned thing anywhere... and DVLA take 10 working days to produce a new one... i'm really worried now.. Have any of you have something similar happen to you?

Now i've got a shattered front bumper and dented grill. So obviously i did the normal thing and called up the insurance company so that they could fix it... went to their nominated garage only to be stomped by the estimate repair bill....
£2361 inc VAT
I asked him why, he then said "Well the bonnet is £3xx and the bumper is £270, new headlamp £1xx and the rest is paint materials and labour". I'm quite worried now because this is quite close to the value of the car, and i really dont want it to get written off as i've grown to like it quite alot (and its also restraining me from buying a V8 at the moment).
Should i attempt to go to another garage? or does this sound about right?? I could take a pic or 2 just to show you guys the damage tomorrow when its light.
I was also asked by the police at the scene to go produce my documents because i didnt have the paper counter-part present at the time of the accident (but i had the picture license). I cant find the damned thing anywhere, but i didnt think it was a big problem, so i just picked up the MOT and insurance certificate to produce at the police station only for the officer to tell me that my license isn't valid without the counter-part

I cant find the damned thing anywhere... and DVLA take 10 working days to produce a new one... i'm really worried now.. Have any of you have something similar happen to you?